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SPINNING MELE. No.. 288,841. Patented Nov. 20, 1883.

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SPINNING MNLB. No. 288,841. f PatentedNov. 28,1888.

SEVERIN MOCK, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

SPINNING-MULE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,841, dated November 20, 1883.

l Application tiled May 31,1882. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SEVERIN Moon, of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spinning-lllulcs; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part oi' this specication.

In spinning-machines, and more particularly in spinning the finer qualities of yarn on the mule spinning machines, the accumulation of waste and the iiue ber that is thrown on" from the yarn in the twisting must be avoided, as the same twists around the spindies, is liable to get on the cops, and causes injury to both the machine and the yarn.

Cleanliness in the mule spinning room is one oi' the requisites of a successful mill, and is in the best mills insisted'upon.

To facilitate the cleaning and remove the waste and fiber from the parts of the machine most difeult of access and most liable to have the saine deposited thereon, andA collect the fiber in an accessible place where it can he easily reached and removed, is the object of this invention.

rIhe invention consists in providing the mule spinning machine with a mechanism which shall, when the mule-carriage moves into the roller-beam, automatically wipe the mule-carriage and the spindles.'

Figure l is an end view of the mule-carriage `at the extreme inward traverse close to the roller-beam, showing the position of the cord A for operating the wiper, andthe wiper at this point in solid lines, and their position when the carriage has moved out in broken lines. The door-brush is shown in contact with a stop and turned over for the outward traverse of the caiuiage. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved wiper. Fig. 3 is a view of the roller-beam and part of a mulecarriage, showing the wiper supported from a wire, which is supported by a hinged lever constructed so that the wiper can pass by the lever.' Fig. et is a plan view. of the cord for operating the wiper, andV the lever for supporting the wire.

Similar letters of reference 1kindicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A. is the mule-carriage,

shown with reference to the. rollerbeam at the extreme end of the inward traverse.

B is the roller-beam. y

C is a bracket extending beyond the inulecarriage, and provided with a sheave or grooved pulley, d.

D is a cord, one end of which is secured to the floor. It passes over the pulley d and over a pulley secured in thebracket, extending from the roller-beam around the drum E, provided with the clutch-jaw upon its lower end, and thence back over the pulley e to the weight E. This cord D forms the means for operat ing tle wiper.

F is a wire secured to the front of the rollerbeani, and on the saine the wiper G is sus-A pended and moved.

Secured to the lower part of the drum E is the grooved pulley H, provided with the clutch jaw on its upper end. Another grooved puli ley, H', is placed on the other end of the rollerbeam, or opposite the other end of the mule= carriage when two mule-carriages are used, as is usually the case, and this pulley H is pro= vided with a disk, from which brushes eX- tend downward, so that the cord 71 which passes over the pulleys H and H', will be cleaned of all waste and ber in passing around this pulley. i

The drum E consists of a drum or barrel, around which the cord D is wound, turning loose on a spindle. The lower end is provided with a ratchet-clutch, which enters a ratchetclutehxed to the pulley H. A coiled spring holds the drum or barrel in contact with the lower ratchet, so that the drum will rotate the pulley H in one direction, and, slipping over the ratchet-teeth, will turn free in the opposite direction. Y

Sliding freely on the wire F is the wiper G, which consists of the board g, having the wedgeshaped bolster g secured to it, to forni a bearing on the face of the roller-beam, by which the board g is maintained in the proper position. To the upper part of the board g the brushes g2 g2 are secured, so as to wipe the upper surface of the roller-beam, while to the lower part the brushes g3 g3 are secured, pointing in the opposite direction, so as to wipe the spindles on the mule-carriage as the same approaches the roller-beam.

g4 is a long cloth which extends over the IOC whole top of the mule-carriage, as is shown in Fig. l, and wipes the same.

Extending from the vrear of the board g is the loop g5. Within this loop the cone h3, connected with the wire h2, which is hinged in the clamp 7L', and thus secured to the endless cord h, which passes over the pulleys H and H', is free to adjust itself when said cord passes around the pulleys H and H. The loop is therefore of sufficient length to allow the cone to slide from the inner to the outer line of the endless cord h, and vice versa.

As the wire F hasto be of considerablelength it requires some support, so as to sustain the weight ofthe wiper. To support the wire and allow the wiper to pass by such support, I place the hinged arm I, one or more, and support the same in a curved bracket, t', secured to the top of the roller-beam, and curving over the same, so that the wiper can freely pass under the bracket, and I provide the arm I with beveled ends, so that when the wiper reaches one end of the arm I it will pass behind the same; but as soon as it has passed to the middle it will strike the other half of the arm, and moving the arm will turn it on its pivotal support and pass the iirst end under the wire F, again supporting the same, so that the wire will always rest on one or the other end of the arm I, and the wiper can freely pass by the same.

The operation of my invention is as follows: Vhen the mule-carriage is on its out-andin traverse, the weight E keeps the cord D stretched vertically, and the cloth g4 is suspended vertically, as is indicated in Fig. 1 in broken lines, and when the carriage approaches the roller-beam the cloth g* is first drawn up the front of the carriage and then over the inclined top of the same. Ihe roller d encounters the cord D and draws the same inward, raising the weight E', and turning the barrel of the clutch E, thereby rotating the pulleys H and H', and moving the wiper along the face of the roller-beam. On the outward traverse cord 71,.

els, at each incoming of the carriage, a certain distance, and continues to do so, therod 71,2 and coneh3 continuing to move with .the cord h in one direction until it passes around the pulley on either end and returns in the opposite direction, the wiper thus keeping the whole carriage free from waste and loose iiber.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination ,with the roller-beam and the carriage of a mule spinning machine, of the wiper G, constructed substantially as described, provided with the cloth g, and supported by the roller-beani, and mechanism operated by the carriage for giving said wiper a reciprocating traverse in front of said beam, essentially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. 'Ihe combination, with the roller-beam and carriage of a mule spinning machine, of the wiper G, consisting of the board g, the wedge-shaped bolster g', and the brushes giga, drum E, provided with a clutch-jaw upon its lower end, pulleys H H', the former provided with a clutch-j aw upon its upper end, cord h, interinediate device connecting the wiper with said cord, cord D, and mechanism, substantially as described, whereby the carriage is caused to operate said cord for rotating the clutch, asspecifed.

8. rIhe combination ,with the roller-beam and carriage of a mule spinning machine, and the wiper G, consisting of the board g, wedgeshaped bolster g', brushes g2 g3, and cloth y", of the wire F, drum E, having a. clutch-jaw upon its lower end, cord D, pulleys H and H', the former having a clutch-j aw upon its upper end, endless cord h, wire h2, loosely connected at its upper end with said cord h, and loop g5, loosely engaged with the lower end of said wire, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the roller-beam, wire F, and the wiper G, of the curved bracket and the fpivoted arm I, arranged to support the wire and wiper, substantially as described.

SEVERIN MOCK.

Witnesses:

M. E. EMERSON, H. J. MILLER. 

